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IINTTEE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. WILLIAMS, OF WORCESTER, ASSIGNOR TO THEODORE C. BATES, OF NORTH BROOKFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent' No. 272,179, dated February 13, 1883.

Application filed April 26. 1881. (Model.) i

of Worcester, county of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Corsets, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention in corsets has forits object the production of a corset which may be changed as to size, at pleasure of the wearer, at the hips,

sides, breast, back, and waist, or either or all of these.

This my improved corset is provided at one or more places with felled or turned-in and eyeleted edges united by means of connectingplies,wl1ich may be either of jean, canvas, elastic fabric,or any other strong and suitable material. When ofjean, should it be desired to extend or expand the corset at any portion, it is only necessary to cut the connecting-plies between the eyeleted edges, and by means of cords or lacing in the` eyelets hold the said edges moreor less near.

Figure l represents a corset embodying` my invention, that half ofit at the left having its eyeleted edges provided with lacin g-cords; Fig. 2, a section on the line xx, Fig. l; and Fig. 3, a modification to be referred to.

Each halt'of the corset is composed of a back piece, a, side pieces, b @,brea-st gore-piece d, and front e. In the seams between the pieces b c and c d, I have, placed the connecting-plies f, more or less wide orgore-shaped, as shown in the drawings, and of one or more thicknesses. The edges g ofthe parts b c and c (l, Where joined or stitched withthe con nectin g-plies, are turned in, as for felling or hemming, to thus conceal the raw edges, as in the section, Fig. 2, and after stitching the said felled or turnedin edges to the connecting-pliesf the said edges are set with eyelets It to receive cords or ribbons t'. When a piece of jean is used for the connecting-ply the eyeleted edges may be left open or unfilled, as at the right of-Fig. l, which represents the left half of the corset. Such a corset will be as firm and strong as any sewed lets in other order for ornamental purposes.

If desired, the lower portion of each half of the corset may be provided with two sets of connecting-pliesf, as shown in Fig. 3, and of greater or less width. Cutting awa-y. these connecting-plies of jean enables the corset to be 'enlarged at top or at bottom, should the purchaser desire, or at the Waist, and if not cut the corset remains strong and firm, as if the plies f ot' jean were omitted and the pieces composing the corset were stitched together edge to edge, as at l, Fig. l, in usual manner.

To make the corset so that it can be used for a nursing-corset, I have slitted the top of the breast section or strip d, turned in the edges ot' the material, and applied between the outer and inner thicknesses of the corset a breast section-ply, 7c, and have eyeleted the turnedin edges ofthe part d at h2 to receive a ribbon,j, when desired or necessary.

When it is desired to convert the corset, Fig. l, into. a nursing-corset, the plies 7c will be cut out and the ribbons or cords j added. At other times a ribbon may be kept in the said eyelets -for ornamental purposes. When cutting away the partsfor 7c the binding ml Will be severed, and its ends turned in by hand and caught together with a needle and thread. These conmeeting-plies, for a very elastic corset, may be composed of an elastic fabric instead of the unyielding, rigid jean or like inelastic cloth or fabric. The pliesfk will usually' be ot' au inelasticfabric. In Fig. 3 the corset is of a somewhat dilerent cut, each half being composed of pieces a2 b2 c2 d2 e2.

In another application I shall show a connecting-ply extended from the bottom to the top of the corset, both at its sides and back.

In this invention it'will be seen that the bustmeasure of the corset,as well as its size at the IOC i5 specified.

waist and about the hips, may be readily enl Iarged at the will or pleasure ofthe wearer.

The eyelets h, besides Ventilating the corset, also serve as means for receiving ribbons to ornament the-corset in o. novel and beautiful manner, the corset being; thus made more attractive and ornamental.

I claim- 1. A corset having the edges of adjacent portions ofthe busts or sides, or both, felled or turned in and eyeleted, as shown and described, combined with a connecting-ply applied flat therein for the purpose of being cut to permit the enlargement of the corset, substantially as 2. The breast portion or bust ol'a corset hav' ing the eyelets h2 and a at ply, 7c, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A corset having lint plies applied between eyeleted edges at its sides to retain the corset in its original shape, and adapted to be cut to permit the enlargement of theoorset,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification iu the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES H. WILLIAMS.

fitnesses FRANK W. RUGGLES, H. H. FAIRBANKS. 

